Shriekfest, the Los Angeles International Film Festival & Screenplay Competiton was a huge success! Celebrating their 10th year, Shriekfest took place on Sept 30-Oct 3 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood. Shriekfest screened 36 films and had 32 screenplay finalists and 12 original song finalists. "Ashes" directed by Elias Matar took the Grand Jury prize for Best Horror Feature Film, "Transfer" directed by Damir Lukacevic took the Best Fantasy Feature Film award, "Serum 1831" directed by Anand Kanna took the Best Short Film prize and "Rise of the Appliances" directed by Rob Sprackling took the Best Super Short Film prize The winner of the Best Horror Feature Screenplay went to "Dead Crows" written by Chris Todd and the winner of the Best Short Screenplay goes to "Carbon Dating" written by Louis Rosenberg. For a complete list of all of the winners please go to www.shriekfest.com .